Goldsby, Richard A. creator Kindt, Thomas J. Osborne, Barbara A. Kuby, Janis. text xxu New York Freeman and Company 2003 5th ed. monographic eng

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xix, 551 p. : ill; 28 cm. Contents: Part I: Introduction: Overview of the immune system -- Cells and organs of the immune system -- Part II: Generation of B-cell and T-cell responses: Antigens -- Antibodies: Structure and function -- Organization and expression of immunoglobulin genes -- Antigen-antibody reactions: Principles and applications -- Major histocompatibility complex -- Antigen processing and presentation -- T-cell receptor -- T-cell maturation, activation, and differentiation -- Part III: Immune effector mechanisms: Cytokines -- The complement system -- Cell-mediated effector responses -- Leukocyte activation and migration -- Hypersensitive reactions -- Part IV: The immune system in health and disease: Infection and immunity -- Vaccines -- AIDS and other immuno-deficiencies -- Autoimmunity -- Transplantation immunology -- Cancer and the immune system -- Experimental systems. Richard A. Goldsby, Thomas J. Kindt et al Includes index and appendix. QR181.K83(5e) 0716749475 190807